Baltic from Space Workshop

Agenda and Session Details

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29 March

09:15 -
10:40

Welcome, FMI

Introduction to the workshop, ESA

Welcome talk by EC DG-Grow

Welcome talk by Baltic Earth

Welcome talk by BONUS

10:40 -

11:10

Coffee Break

11:10 -
12:50

Salinity & Physical Oceanography

in the Baltic Sea

Environment data for the Baltic region I

12:50 -
14:00

Lunch Break

14:00 -
15:40

Biochemical feedbacks in the Baltic Region

Environment data for the Baltic region II

15:40 -
16:10

Coffee Break

16:10 -
17:50

Understanding Sea Level Dynamics

Collaborative Platforms

17:50 -
19:00

Poster Session and Cocktail

30 March
09:00 - 10:40	Climate, Natural Hazards, Extreme Events...	Environmental Monitoring
10:40 - 11:10	Coffee Break
11:10 - 12:50	Other Scientific Priorities for the Baltic	Security, Transport and Economic Development
12:50 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:40	Commercial and Operational Geo-Information Services	Big Data Infrastructures
15:40 - 16:10	Coffee Break
16:10 - 17:50	Perspectives from Regional and International Initiatives	Towards a Baltic initiative – data and infrastructures
17:50 - 18:30	Poster Session and Cocktail

31 March
09:00 - 10:00	Weak-up keynote: A view on future Baltic science, Markku Kulmala, University of Helsinki (FI)Sessions and panel discussions Summary Session and panel discussions
10:00 - 10:30	Coffee Break
10:30 - 12:30	Continuation of Summary Session: Reporting and discussion: - Science - Novel Applications - Infrastructures Open discussion: Evolution to 2021 and beyond

Session Details

SCIENCE COMPONENT

Session	Main Content
Salinity & Physical Oceanography in the Baltic Sea	Basic physics of the Baltic Sea , Kai Myrberg, Finish Environment Institute (SYKE) (FI)
	Baltic ocean dynamics, Jüri Elken, Tallinn University of Technology, (EE)
	Salinity Dynamics in the Baltic sea, Andreas Lehman, GEOMAR (DE)
	EO potential (SMOS/SMAP) to map SSS dynamics in the Baltic sea, Antonio Turiel, CSIC (ES)
	Open Discussion
Biochemical feedbacks in the Baltic Region	Biochemical feedbacks: Overview of the problem and scientific questions, Gregor Rehder, Baltic research Institute (D)
	Using bio-optics and remote-sensing to evaluate coastal influence on Baltic Sea water quality, Susanne Kratzer, Stockholms University (SE)
	Land-sea biochemical transfer from EO, Tiit Kutser, University of Tartu (ES)
	Bridging the divide between satellite and shipborne sensing for water quality assessment, Jenni Attila, SYKE (FI)
	Open Discussion
Understanding sea level dynamics in the Baltic Sea	Sea level in the Baltic Sea: Changes and variability across time scales, Ralf Weisse, HZG (D)
	Altimetry perspectives for the Baltic Sea Level, Kristine Madsen, DMI (DK)
	Potential of SAR and SARIn in coastal altimetry in the Baltic Sea, Ole Andersen, DTU (DK)
	Geodetic SAR for Sea Level and Height System Unification in the Baltic, Thomas Gruber, TUM (D)
	Open Discussion
Natural hazards, extreme events and climate change impact on the water cycle in the Baltic	Introduction to the problem and science questions, Jari Haapala, FMI (FN)
	Detecting sea ice extremes by satellites, Eero Rinne. FMI (FN)
	Extreme winds, Merete Badger, DTU (DK)
	Climate Change and the water cycle in the Baltic, Anders Omstedt, University of Gothenburg (SE)
	Open Discussion
Other scientific priorities in the Baltic region	Sea-air interactions: CO2 fluxes, Anna Rutgersson,Uppsala University (SE)
	Forest and Carbon cycle in the Baltic, Toumas Häme, VTT (FN)
	SatBaltyk Sytem, Miroslaw Darecki, Institute of Oceanology PAS (PL)
	Open Discussion

APPLICATION AND SERVICES COMPONENT

Session	Main Content
Environmental monitoring	Custom services for Baltic Environment Monitoriing, Ina Lorkowski, BSH, DE EO for HELCOM Vivi Fleming-Lehtinen, SYKE, FIN Pollution and eutrophication, Heikki Pitkänen, SYKE FIN Airborne/spaceborne data for monitoring sensitive habitats, Dainis Jakovels, IES, LV Open Discussion
Security, Transport and Economic Development	Maritime Transport and Maritime Security Issues, Heidi Kuusniemi, FGRI, FIN Increasing the value of satellite data through modelling of marine waters, Hanne Kaas, DHI, DK Examples of Big Data Analytics in the Baltic Region, RISE, SWE Smart Cities in the Baltic, Esther Kreutz, UBC, INT Open Discussion
Commercial and Operational Geo-Information Services	Maritime Spatial Planning in the Baltic, Jacek Zaucha, Gdansk Maritime, Institute, PL Territorial Planning and Management, Agata Hoscilo, IGIK, PL Grasslands Monitoring, Kalev Koppel, KappaZeta, EE Natural Resources Management, Kęstutis Papšys, GIS Centras, LT Open Discussion
Perspectives from Regional and International Initiatives	Copernicus Core Services for the Baltic, EC DG GROW, EU Copernicus Marine Environment Service, Laura Tuomi, FMI, FIN Development of new national montioring services in Lithuania, Diana Vaiciute, Klaipeda University, LT Water quality monitoring for WFD, MSFD and Helcom, Petra Phillipson, Brockmann Geomatics, SWE Forest management - current capabilities and future opportunities, Mattias Rennel, Reach-U, EE Open Discussion

DATA INFRASTRUCTURE COMPONENT

Session	Main Content
Environment data for the Baltic region I	Data and services at the Estonian CollGS, S. Lätt, Enterprise EE Data and services at the Finnish CollGS, J. Heilimo, FMI Data and services at the German CollGS, J. Hoffmann, DLR Data and services at the Swedish CollGS, K. Holmquist, SNSB Data and services at the Polish CollGS, B. Mikolajek-Zielinska, Min. of Sci. and Higher Education, Poland
Environment data for the Baltic region II	EUDAT, P. Öster, CSC.FI HELCOM data and map services, J. Kaitaranta, HELCOM Open Data from SYKE, Y. Sucksdorff, SYKE EMODNET Baltic Sea Checkpoint, K. Skov-Madsen, DMI ICES Ecosystem Data Portal, M. Dickey-Collas, ICES DK
Collaborative Platforms	Forestry TEP , T. Häme/R. Tergujeff, VTT Coastal TEP, S. Clerc, ACRI (TBC) Hydro TEP, D. Gustafsson, SMHI Polar TEP , E. Rinne, FMI Urban TEP , M. Boettcher, Brockmann Consult
Big Data Infrastructures	Copernicus data access, DIAS, A. Veispak, DG-GROW Earth Observation data in SAP HANA , O. Genis, SAP European Open Science Cloud, C. Martinez, DG-CONNECT Amazon Web Services , J. Sundwall, AWS Google Earth Engine, N. Gorelick, Google NEXT GEOSS, N. Catarino, Deimos IPT Poland, M. Krzyżanowsk, Cloudferro
Panel: Towards a Baltic initiative – data and infrastructures	Panel introduction Panel discussion Wrap-up

29 March
09:15 - 10:40	Welcome, FMI Introduction to the workshop, ESA Welcome talk by EC DG-Grow Welcome talk by Baltic Earth Welcome talk by BONUS
10:40 - 11:10	Coffee Break
11:10 - 12:50	Salinity & Physical Oceanography in the Baltic Sea	Environment data for the Baltic region I
12:50 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:40	Biochemical feedbacks in the Baltic Region	Environment data for the Baltic region II
15:40 - 16:10	Coffee Break
16:10 - 17:50	Understanding Sea Level Dynamics	Collaborative Platforms
17:50 - 19:00	Poster Session and Cocktail